The problem with those statistics is that illegal immigration is tied in with all the other issues. They aren't mutually exclusive.
Posted on 09/25/2011 10:11:11 AM PDT by Eva
To listen to the recent Republican Presidential debates, you'd think illegal immigration was the biggest threat to the U.S. economy—not to mention to the rule of law, our social fabric and national security. We hate to spoil the political reverie, but the real immigration story these days is how many fewer illegal migrants are trying to get into the land of the free.
That's the news from the Department of Homeland Security, which reports that border apprehensions have dropped to their lowest level in nearly 40 years. For fiscal 2010, arrests were 463,000, down from 724,000 in 2008—a one-third decline in two years.
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That $100,000 is based on difference between in-state tuition versus out of state tuition. Son/daughter of an illegal immigrant is still illegal. To favor them over legal US citizens from other states is asinine.
“That’s the news from the Department of Homeland Security,”
Fantastic...straight from the words of she-male Janet “the mexican border is safe” NUTtylitano. Don’t they have another Gibson Guitars to harass?
Perry on Border Security
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2783122/posts
Governing Principle
There can be no homeland security without border security, and there can be no higher priority than protecting our citizens.
While our focus begins with preventing the worst of the violence currently raging in northern Mexico from spilling over into the United States, the violence is only part of the destruction that can result from a porous border. The free flow of drugs, weapons and people resulting from inadequate security can undercut economic development, education and trade. As such, they can hurt Texas families in every way imaginable, from loss of jobs to the loss of family members to addiction, imprisonment or death.
Border security is a federal responsibility but a Texas problem, and Texas has invested hundreds of millions of state dollars in efforts to support and supplement security forces already in place. Still, this is a problem that will only be solved with more federal accountability and involvement.
Highlights
— Starting in 2005 with Operation Linebacker, the state has sought to provide funding, manpower and equipment to local law enforcement agencies operating along the Texas-Mexico border.
— The state’s latest operation, Border Star, builds on the successes of previous operations with unprecedented local, state and federal law enforcement coordination. With the assistance of the 80th and 81st Legislatures, the State of Texas has been able to appropriate more than $110 million each session to fund and amplify these efforts.
— In response to a rising tide of gang violence in Texas communities, the Governor allocated $4 million in criminal justice grants to cities across the state to increase patrols of gang hotspots. In 2009, Gov. Perry worked to secure more than $10 million in state funding for enhanced anti-gang efforts during the 2010-11 biennium.
— In September 2009, Gov. Perry announced the formation of highly-skilled Ranger Recon Teams  which include Texas Rangers, Texas National Guard Counterdrug forces, Highway Patrol and DPS Aviation assets — in order to address threats building in the unincorporated areas along the Texas-Mexico border.
— Since early 2009, Gov. Perry has repeatedly called on Washington to authorize the deployment of 1,000 Title 32 National Guard soldiers to the Texas-Mexico border to support border security operations currently underway. (see letter to President Obama, letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and request to Defense Secretary Gates)
—Gov. Perry has also recommended an expeditious deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles to provide real-time surveillance and intelligence to law enforcement on the ground.
No, he isn't.
It’s called making the best of a bad situation.
It's called "pandering to a minority" - how is stealing the tax dollars from American citizens to fund the college education of people that shouldn't even be in this country considered "making the best of a bad situation"?
Perry's running for President - if he wins, he WILL be in the federal government. His defense of the indefensible as governor doesn't bode well for him straightening out the fed's actions on illegals.
Frankly, if we as a country were to stop coddling them, most would leave anyway. They have NO RIGHT to the fruit of a citizen's labor, but they come here, steal our jobs, collect welfare, section 8 housing, free medical care, free K-12 school, and a free pass if they commit a crime. All at the taxpayer's expense. THAT needs to end, and THAT is what RINO PERRY should be stating.
What part of ILLEGAL don't these stupid repubLICKans understand?
It’d cost Texas a heck of a lot less, overall, if they just put a $1000 bounty on every illegal’s head. You’d see a mass run for the border, going the other way.
Ricky LaRaza, Ricky LaRaza...
Is he more of a illegal Mexican lover or Muslim lover??
E-verify is NOT “the magic answer”.
See my post 8 with exerpt from Forbes:
“As discussed in earlier columns, at best E-Verify is likely to push more work “off the books” and underground, while at the same time creating a burden for U.S. workers, new regulations and increased liability for employers.”
Instead of trying to make employers immigration enforcers, we need to seal the border. Perry wants to do that, by surveillance and “boots on the ground”. An unsupervised fence is not effective.
Texas was one of the few states to benefit from W's horrible economic policies that led to commodity price inflation. Other than that, Perry is just another politician "with a heart" who'll say anything to get elected.
The federal government is in charge of deportation. Educating young people who are already here and whom the federal government refuses to deport is called, “Making the best of a bad situation.”
The problem with those statistics is that illegal immigration is tied in with all the other issues. They aren't mutually exclusive.
An E-Verify review for any potential employees takes about 5 minutes. Have you ever used it before???
You certainly have a unique approach to recruiting support for your candidate.
I get sick of people belittling Perry and Cain for what they've accomplished.
I live in Arizona, we have SB1070 and no in-state tuition for illegals, and we have higher unemployment and far more poverty then they have in Texas. Getting rid of illegals is great, if we could only get the governemtn to do it's job.
It's the same with people claiming Cain doesn't have the experience......at what, divying out taxpayer money? He sure has experience at PRODUCING money.
“Educating young people who are already here and whom the federal government refuses to deport is called, “Making the best of a bad situation.”
No, it’s called compassionate conservatism and encouraging more illegal aliens to come to Texas.
It is not the point that E-verify takes 5 minutes or 10 seconds, it’s that it’s making employers enforcers, instead of security the border. Secure the border and then you don’t have to check.
And as the article in Forbes said, if you can’t hire peole legally, they will hire them illegally, now you are going to fine the employer, put them in jail, make them go out of business, more unemployment — great idea! (/sarc)
Consider the source. The WSJ would like nothing more than to see illegal immigration fade as an issue.
A governor has no power to deport. He can only make the best of a bad situation. Perry does not support illegal immigration. He calls for strong enforcement of immigration policies.
The latest data show 22.1 million immigrants holding jobs in the U.S. with an estimated 8 million being illegal aliens. By increasing the supply of labor between 1980 and 2000, immigration reduced the average annual earnings of native-born men by an estimated $1,700 or roughly 4 percent. Among natives without a high school education, who roughly correspond to the poorest tenth of the workforce, the estimated impact was even larger, reducing their wages by 7.4 percent. The reduction in earnings occurs regardless of whether the immigrants are legal or illegal, permanent or temporary. It is the presence of additional workers that reduces wages, not their legal status.
The Bureau of Labor statistics for August 2011 show a national unemployment rate of 9.1 percent, including 16.7 percent for blacks and 11.3 percent for Hispanics. 25 million Americans are seeking full-time employment. Despite the economic downturn, the U.S. continues to bring in 125,000 new, legal foreign workers A MONTH. This includes new permanent residents (Green Cards) and long-term temporary visas and others who are authorized to take a job. This makes no sense
Ok can we now begin Operation Extraction?
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